How To Clean Patent Leather Shoes Without Ruining Them

There's nothing worse than buying a new pair of shiny patent leather shoes and scuffing them. I mean, the marks kind of kill the whole shiny shoe vibe. Not cute. But no worries, because you just need to learn how to clean patent leather shoes. It's actually not as difficult as you might think, and you probably have everything you need already in your cabinet. #winning!

I love patent leather because it just adds a little more glam into a shoe, but if you've ever worn a pair then you know — they are seriously easy to scuff. More often than not, I'll wind up with scuffs on my shoes without even knowing how they got there. It's not like I was running around kicking things or something, but whatever. It happens. The struggle is real.

This might make you shy away from purchasing patent leather, but they're just as easy to clean up as they are to mark up, so no worries. And while you definitely can buy a product specially formulated to clean them, you can also take those scuffs away with common household items.